• Russian Cosmonauts May Have Discovered Bacterial Life in Space

    Russian Cosmonauts May Have Discovered Bacterial Life in Space

    I read an article online yesterday and while it is certainly newsworthy, I had different reasons for wanting to share it.  My reason for wanting to share this is two-fold.  The first is because I’m extremely skeptical of this finding.  But my second reason is because I’m also really interested in what has been discovered. …

  • Large Asteroid Phaethon Will Come Close to the Earth in December

    Large Asteroid Phaethon Will Come Close to the Earth in December

    Russian astronomers have revealed that a gigantic asteroid, known as 3200 Phaethon will come quite close to the Earth in December.  This particular asteroid is thought to cause the Geminids meteor shower which will take place sometime between December 13 and December 14.  It will cause hundreds of bright meteors to illuminate the night sky as…

  • Uber Elevate – The Flying Taxi of the Future is Coming Soon

    Uber Elevate – The Flying Taxi of the Future is Coming Soon

    Earlier this month at the Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, Jeff Holden, Uber’s head of product announced updates to their Elevate project.  To me, Elevate sounds more like some kind of elevator service, but to many others, this suggests a flying car taxi service.  Holden first hinted at this back in September 2016. Since 2016,…